Patents by Inventor Richard Clive Ireland

Richard Clive Ireland has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Efficient metric calculation with recursive data processing
    Patent number: 10887196
    Abstract: Apparatus and a method for controlling a network from a layer 2 node receives multiple latency measurement histograms from the layer 1 nodes and aggregates corresponding bins of the latency measurement histograms to generate an aggregated histogram. Each corresponding bin of the multiple latency measurement histograms and of the aggregated histogram represents a respective range of latency measurement values. The apparatus and method determine from the aggregated histogram, a range of latency measurement values matching a predetermined percentile and transmit control information to at least one network device responsive to the determined range of latency measurement values being greater than a predetermined latency value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Clive Ireland
  • EFFICIENT METRIC CALCULATION WITH RECURSIVE DATA PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20200169479
    Abstract: Apparatus and a method for controlling a network from a layer 2 node receives multiple latency measurement histograms from the layer 1 nodes and aggregates corresponding bins of the latency measurement histograms to generate an aggregated histogram. Each corresponding bin of the multiple latency measurement histograms and of the aggregated histogram represents a respective range of latency measurement values. The apparatus and method determine from the aggregated histogram, a range of latency measurement values matching a predetermined percentile and transmit control information to at least one network device responsive to the determined range of latency measurement values being greater than a predetermined latency value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Richard Clive Ireland
  • Sound-based call-quality detector
    Patent number: 10244104
    Abstract: System and techniques for sound-based call-quality detector are described herein. An audio sample can be received via a hardware interface from an on-going communication. The audio sample can be processed to produce a transcript. The transcript can be compared to a call-quality dataset to produce a call-quality degradation indication. Here, the call quality dataset includes indicia of communication quality. Network maintenance can then be performed in response to the call-quality degradation indication. The network maintenance can include adjusting a network device setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Clive Ireland, Michael T. Gilbert, Bradford R. Clark, Thomas Donald Barclay